LADY GOBLINS REBOUND FOR TWO WINS

Tournament softball action took over Cavender’s Field over the weekend. After dropping their opening game of the tournament, the Harrison Lady Goblins rebounded to pick up a pair of wins. Harrison fell to Lincoln, 11-7, on Friday in the opening round. On Saturday, the Lady Goblins knocked off Harding Academy, 4-1, before topping Clinton, 4-2. Lincoln 11, Harrison 7 The Lady Goblins were defeated by Lincoln, 11-7, on Friday evening. Lincoln put a single run on the board in the top of the first inning to hold an early lead. Harrison would respond with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Briley Due led off with a single and advanced to second base as Marion Groberg reached base on an error. Collette Lavoi singled home Due for the first run of the game for Harrison. Rachel Brownfield then laid down a bunt single. A double into left center by Claire Curtis scored both Lavoi and Brownfield for a 3-1 Harrison lead. Lincoln didn’t stay down long as it put seven runs on the board in the second inning before adding a single run in the third for a 9-3 lead. The Lady Goblins would close the gap in the fifth inning with four runs. Due singled, Caroline Cecil recorded a bunt single and Marion Groberg drew a walk to load the bases for Harrison. Lavoi then delivered a single to score Due from third base. The big hit of the inning came off the bat of Curtis who picked up her second double of the game, scoring Cecil, Groberg and Lavoi to make it a 9-7 ballgame. Those would be the final runs of the game for Harrison while Lincoln tacked on a pair of runs in the sixth to set the final score. Due picked up three hits in the game. Cecil, Lavoi, Curtis and Sam Fancler added two apiece and Brownfield and Laura Henderson one each. Lavoi and Due scored two runs apiece while Cecil, Groberg and Brownfield added one each. Curtis drove in five runs for the Lady Goblins. Lavoi added two RBI. Lavoi suffered the loss pitching for Harrison. She allowed seven earned runs over six innings. She gave up 15 hits while striking out one and walking none.

LADY GOBLINS REBOUND FOR TWO WINS

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Harrison Daily | 4/3/2017

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